Nearly two decades: The long, long journey ahead for $9.7B rebuild of I-45
By Dug Begley, Transportation writer for the Houston Chronicle Often called a once-in-a-generation project, the planned $9.7 billion-plus rebuild of Interstate 45 from downtown Houston north to Beltway 8, including a total reconstruction of the downtown freeway system, is expected to take a generation to build. A child born today would drive along the completed freeway around…